Jassim Al Kharafi is the eldest brother of Nasser Al Kharafi, who died of a heart attack while on a visit to Cairo in 2011. Jassim, Nasser and six other siblings inherited the Kharafi Group from their father Mohammed. Jassim is chairman of the group, one of the Middle East's biggest holding companies. While Nasser ran the business, Jassim pursued his passion for politics and served for 13 years, until

2011, as speaker of the National Assembly. His brothers Fawzi and Mohannad are also billionaires.

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Mainland China has a record 213 members on the 2015 Forbes Billionaires List, an increase from 152 last year and second only to the United States. Here are the listees, presented by their list rank, name, wealth estimate, and source of wealth: